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"This is a graph for the ages, and it comes from a presentation by the New Jersey Commissioner of Education given at the NJASA Commissioner's Convocation in Jackson, NJ on Feb 29." Notice of "Selected Schools"

"...reality is that Free/Reduced lunch alone explains about 2/3 of the variation in proficiency rates across schools." We want Education Transformation in Vermont...address this issue alone. Reach this population... This is both the hardest problem and the most obvious...why is our focus not 100% on this issue?

I would love to share with others my work during my sabbatical on the Achievement Gap at Burr and Burton Academy. I am willing to do consulting work for schools in Vermont about how to address poverty in a white, rural state.

Leveraging Technology For professional learning, teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Wednesday, May 9th Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

Mike McRaith's blog summary of Angela's Psychology of Achievement Presentation

Improved Academic Achievement Improved Student Engagement Enhanced Civic Engagement and Citizenship Enhanced Personal and Social Skills

"Principals report that service-learning has a positive impact on teacher satisfaction, school climate, academic achievement, and school engagement."

"...the absence of grades is a necessary ...(condition for)... promoting deep thinking and a desire to engage in it. It's worth lingering variety of efforts to sell us formulas to improve our grading techniques, none of which address the problems of grading, per se." - "If you have one eye on how close you are to achieving your goal, that leaves only one eye for your task."